Medicare Annual Wellness Visits: Don’t Forget the Health Risk Assessment

CINDY HUGHES

Here’s one way to satisfy Medicare’s recent addition to the annual wellness visit requirements.

ACOs Are Coming: Should You Sell Your Practice?

STANLEY BORG

If a hospital or health system comes knocking, make sure you’ve considered these key issues.

A Nursing Home Documentation Tool for More Efficient Visits

Virginia B. Kalish, Olen Bradley Burns, Brian K. Unwin

This one-page form can help improve care, keep visits patient-centered, and even save you some time.

Clinical Decision Support: Using Technology to Identify Patients’ Unmet Needs

William McLeod, Robert Eidus, Elizabeth Stewart

The presenting problem is often just the tip of the iceberg.

ICD-10: What You Need to Know Now

Cindy Hughes

The government is considering a delay, but that doesn't mean you should.

It’s Time to Get Serious About ICD-10

Leigh Ann Backer

Our article series will help prepare you, and so will a sense of humor.

We are our own worst enemy

Community precepting: benefits for practices

Excision vs. removal of a skin lesion

Prescription refills: Patient perspective is important too

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Cindy Hughes

New Medicare preventive services benefits | Magnesium level test | Neuropsychological testing | Fecal occult blood testing

PRACTICE PEARLS

Amaryllis Sánchez Wohlever, Hien Nguyen, Alice G. Gosfield

Give patients a “timeout” when necessary | Create a medication list for patients to take home | Accepting more than the Medicare allowable amount

Why I Didn’t Get a Paycheck Last Month

David Evans

A string of unfortunate circumstances can quickly devastate a healthy practice.